Sandy Denny and the Strawbs
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Sandy Denny and the Strawbs is a compilation album
of songs by Sandy Denny and Strawbs. The album is a reworking of tapes recorded by the band in Copenhagen
in the July 1967. Tracks from those recordings were first released on the Pickwick budget label in 1973 under the name All Our Own Work
. The track listing on this album is slightly different and some of the songs have the original string arrangements that also were recorded in 1967.
with
Other
, Denmark
1967.
The liner notes state "The original 1967 sessions" although the liner notes for All Our Own Work wrongly state August 1968. This is a discrepancy as both albums derive from the same source recordings. Joe Boyd
writes he and Denny listened to a white label pressing of the album shortly before the release of Sgt. Pepper
(June 1967).
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
of songs by Sandy Denny and Strawbs. The album is a reworking of tapes recorded by the band in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
in the July 1967. Tracks from those recordings were first released on the Pickwick budget label in 1973 under the name All Our Own Work
All Our Own Work
All Our Own Work is a studio album by Sandy Denny and the Strawbs. Recorded in 1967, it contains one of Sandy Denny's best known songs "Who Knows Where the Time Goes".-Side one:#"On My Way" – 3:03...
. The track listing on this album is slightly different and some of the songs have the original string arrangements that also were recorded in 1967.
Side one
- "Nothing Else Will Do" (Dave CousinsDave CousinsDave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...
) – 2:25 - "Who Knows Where the Time GoesWho Knows Where the Time Goes"Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" is a song written by the English folk-rock singer and songwriter Sandy Denny. Denny originally recorded the song as a demo in 1967, singing and playing guitar on the track...
" (Sandy DennySandy DennySandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...
) – 4:09 - "How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite" (Cousins) – 2:48
- "Sail Away to the Sea" (Cousins) – 3:23
- "And You Need Me" (Cousins) – 3:18
- "Poor Jimmy Wilson" (Cousins) – 2:35
Side two
- "All I Need Is You" (Cousins) – 2:23
- "Tell Me What You See in Me" (Cousins) – 3:41
- "I've Been My Own Worst Friend" (Cousins) – 2:42
- "On My Way" (Cousins) – 3:07
- "Two Weeks Last Summer" (Cousins) – 2:06
- "Always on My Mind" (Tony HooperTony HooperTony Hooper is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as a founder-member of Strawbs together with Dave Cousins. He left Strawbs in 1972 after their album Grave New World, when it became obvious that the band was moving further away from its folk roots towards rock and...
) – 1:53 - "Stay while With Me" (Cousins) – 2:24
Personnel
- Sandy DennySandy DennySandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...
– lead vocals, backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Dave CousinsDave CousinsDave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...
– lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new... - Tony HooperTony HooperTony Hooper is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as a founder-member of Strawbs together with Dave Cousins. He left Strawbs in 1972 after their album Grave New World, when it became obvious that the band was moving further away from its folk roots towards rock and...
– lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar - Ron ChestermanRon ChestermanRon Chesterman was an English musician and archivist. He is best known as the original double bass player with Strawbs...
– double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
with
- Ken Gudmand – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Cy Nicklin – sitarSitarThe 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
Other
- Svend Lundvig - string arrangement on 2, 5, 7, 13
Recording
Recorded in CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
1967.
The liner notes state "The original 1967 sessions" although the liner notes for All Our Own Work wrongly state August 1968. This is a discrepancy as both albums derive from the same source recordings. Joe Boyd
Joe Boyd
Joe Boyd is an American record producer and former owner of the Witchseason production company. Boyd was instrumental in launching the careers of Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, and The Incredible String Band.-Career:...
writes he and Denny listened to a white label pressing of the album shortly before the release of Sgt. Pepper
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band The Beatles, released on 1 June 1967 on the Parlophone label and produced by George Martin...
(June 1967).
- Gustav WincklerGustav WincklerGustav Frands Wilzeck Winckler was a popular Danish singer, composer and music publisher. He grew up in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen and started his career as a decorator....
– producer - Ivar Rosenberg – engineer
- Karl Emil Knudsen – co-ordination
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannibal | LP Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... |
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| Hannibal | cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel... |
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| Hannibal | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
HNCD 1361 |